Articles tagged under: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and BJP gen sec Arun Singh appointed observers for election of new BJP president in Gujarat

December 02, 2019
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and BJP gen sec Arun Singh appointed observers for election of new BJP president in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and national general secretary Arun Singh have been appointed observers for the election process of the next state president of the ruling party in Gujarat. Party spokesperson Bharat Pandya today informed that the party has appointed Prasad and Singh for the appointment process of the new party president in Gujarat. Notably, the appointment of president is done for 3 years tenure. Currently th...Read More

Telco bailout will be contempt of SC; will set bad precedent: Jio to Prasad

November 04, 2019
Telco bailout will be contempt of SC; will set bad precedent: Jio to Prasad

New Delhi: Continuing its fight for a level-playing field, Reliance Jio has written to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying a "financial windfall" for Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea by waiving penal action on unpaid statutory dues of the past 14 years will be violative of the Supreme Court's recent ruling and will set a bad precedent for errant companies. Jio, whose offer of free calls and dirt cheap data on mobile phones since its launch in 2016 helped make India the nation wi...Read More

Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses media in Gujarat on 100 days of Modi govt 2.0 in Centre

September 11, 2019
Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses media in Gujarat on 100 days of Modi govt 2.0 in Centre

Ahmedabad: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the central government has taken an important decision with effect from 2nd October according to which no Income Tax notice will be served directly. Addressing a press conference here to highlight the achievements of Modi 2.0 government during first 100 days, Prasad said, ‘with effect from October 2, no IT notice will be served directly. The notices will first go to a centralized system for examination and scrutiny and then...Read More

No more direct IT notice by officers from 2nd October: Ravi Shankar Prasad in Gujarat

September 11, 2019

Ahmedabad: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad today said, with effect from 2nd October, no Income Tax notice will be served directly. Addressing the media on completion of 100 days of 2nd term of Narendra Modi led government in Centre, RS Prasad said, 'with effect from 2nd October 2019, no IT notice will be served directly. It will first go to a system for examination. Unfettered discretion of Income Tax officers will not be there anymore.' R...Read More

BJP replies questions raised by Rahul Gandhi in last press conference before campaign ends

December 12, 2017

Ahmedabad: Union Law Minister and Senior BJP Leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today questioned as to why Congress President Rahul Gandhi did not answer the question regarding Patidar quota issue himself and passed it to state president Bharatsinh Solanki during his press conference here. In a PC at BJP media center here Prasad also alleged that Rahul who freely spread lies during Gujarat election campaign also ended it today with lies. He said, 'Rahul was for the past t...Read More

Rahul Gandhi considers ‘Hindu Terror’ more dangerous that Laskhar-e-Taiba: Ravi Shankar Prasad

November 28, 2017

Ahmedabad: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of clapping at the release of Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, senior BJP leader and union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday hit out at the grand old party’s Vice President Rahul Gandhi for considering Hindu terror more 'dangerous' than Lashkar-e-Taiba. Addressing media persons here, Union Law Minister Prasad said, “When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to India in 2009, the the...Read More

Mobile phone manufacturing in India almost tripled in last 3 years:Prasad

October 07, 2017

Gandhinagar: Union IT and Electronics Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that in the last 3 years of Modi government the number of mobile phones made in India had almost tripled and he dreamt of taking this number to 50 crores by 2020. Addressing the event of launch of rural digital literacy campaign and dedication of IIT-Gandhinagar campus at Palaj near here in presence of PM Modi, Prasad said, 'there were only two mobile factories in India when our government was formed. ...Read More